Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Here is the problem [View all]BainsBane
(53,035 posts)90% of Americans support universal background checks. 60% support the assault weapons ban, an increase even from the polling following Sandyhook. The NRA has succeeded in pushing the public to embrace more gun control because they are so out of touch with reality. You and they are very much in the minority of public opinion. Joe Scarborough thinks GOP stonewalling in gun control will cost them the House. He believes thus because of reaction by conservative gun owners in his former district who don't think any law abiding person needs an assault weapon. My brother-in-law's family of hunters feel the same way. A majority of gun owners support the presidents measures. You may be living in a 1994 mindset, but the rest if the country is not.
See the Daily Kos Seiu gun control poll as one reference, but there are newer polls with similar results.